Bill O’Reilly spews falsehoods about crime in Chicago

No matter how often people like me try to dispel certain widespread fictions about crime in Chicago — my latest such effort is HERE – right-wing pundits persist in peddling nonsense.

Take Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly, for EXAMPLE:

For someone who’s recently been presenting himself as an expert on the troubles facing black America, and as a sage with answers regarding violent crime, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly continues to display an obvious ignorance about both.

Last night, while claiming to provide the unvarnished truth, O’Reilly insisted the answer to curbing Chicago’s gun violence was to put more cops ...

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Pat Cunningham

No matter how often people like me try to dispel certain widespread fictions about crime in Chicago — my latest such effort is HERE – right-wing pundits persist in peddling nonsense.

Take Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly, for EXAMPLE:

For someone who’s recently been presenting himself as an expert on the troubles facing black America, and as a sage with answers regarding violent crime, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly continues to display an obvious ignorance about both.

Last night, while claiming to provide the unvarnished truth, O’Reilly insisted the answer to curbing Chicago’s gun violence was to put more cops ...